1975-1976 St. Louis Blues: 29-37-14
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Home record: 20-12-8 (154 goals scored, 125 allowed)
Road record: 9-25-6 (95 goals scored, 165 allowed)
Head Coaches: Garry Young (9-15-5), Lynn Patrick (3-5-0), Leo Boivin (17-17-9)
Power Play: 55/298 (18.5%)
Penalty Killing: 278/376 (73.9%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 21-3
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 173-189
249 goals scored (14th of 18 teams), 290 goals allowed (12th), 1274 PIM (5th)
NHL Averages: 3.41 goals/game (272.9 goals/team), 1169.5 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
LW 25 Chuck Lefley 6'2 185 25 75 43 42 85 41 4 8 112 36 99 38 207 20.8 +15
C 7 Garry Unger 5'11 170 28 80 39 44 83 95 13 0 110 43 79 13 357 10.9 +1
C 19 Derek Sanderson 6'0 185 29 65 24 43 67 59 6 6 86 23 90 40 171 14.0 +13
RW 21 Bob MacMillan 5'11 185 23 80 20 32 52 41 2 1 88 20 83 28 151 13.2 +13
C 9 Red Berenson 6'0 185 36 72 20 27 47 47 9 2 72 40 80 37 171 11.7 -11
RW 17 Jerry Butler 6'0 180 24 66 17 24 41 75 1 0 56 9 56 9 154 11.0 0
RW 12 Claude Larose 6'0 180 33 67 13 25 38 48 3 0 61 11 44 1 169 7.7 +7
RW 16 Pierre Plante 6'1 190 24 74 14 19 33 77 5 0 53 14 61 0 125 11.2 -22
D 23 Bob Hess 5'11 180 20 78 9 23 32 58 2 2 106 27 98 22 117 7.7 +3
D 4 Bruce Affleck 6'0 205 21 80 4 26 30 20 3 0 92 17 112 40 100 4.0 +3
LW 27 Ted Irvine 6'2 195 31 69 10 13 23 80 2 0 41 5 50 2 105 9.5 -12
LW 18 Floyd Thomson 6'0 190 26 58 8 10 18 25 0 0 28 2 33 3 71 11.3 -4
C 20 Wayne Merrick 6'1 195 23 19 7 8 15 0 1 0 17 4 15 2 56 12.5 0
C 6 Larry Patey 6'1 185 22 53 8 6 14 26 2 1 22 4 35 5 80 10.0 -12
D 3 Bob Gassoff 5'10 195 22 80 1 12 13 306 0 0 73 2 106 27 100 1.0 -8
D 5 Bob Plager 5'11 195 32 63 3 8 11 90 0 1 66 3 86 40 43 7.0 +17
D 2 Rick Smith 5'11 190 27 24 1 7 8 18 0 0 28 5 35 14 32 3.1 +2
D 8 Barclay Plager 5'11 175 34 64 0 8 8 67 0 0 42 3 78 33 32 0.0 -6
D 22 Rick Wilson 6'1 195 25 65 1 6 7 20 1 0 36 2 63 19 44 2.3 -10
LW 26 Dave Hrechkosy 6'2 195 18 13 3 3 6 0 1 0 12 4 6 0 20 15.0 +2
LW 11 Bert Wilson 6'0 178 26 45 2 3 5 47 0 0 8 0 16 2 25 8.0 -6
C 26 Brian Ogilvie 5'11 186 23 9 2 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 14 14.3 -1
G 30 Yves Belanger 5'11 170 23 31 0 2 2 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 10 Bruce Cowick 6'1 200 24 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.0 +1
G 30 Gilles Gratton 5'11 160 23 6 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 6 Rick Bourbonnais 6'0 186 20 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0.0 -1
D 24 Jamie Masters 6'1 190 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0.0 +4
C 15 Mitch Babin 6'2 195 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0.0 -2
G 30 Ed Staniowski 5'9 170 20 11 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Eddie Johnston 6'0 190 40 38 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Gilles Gratton 23 6 265 11 2.49 2 0 2 140 .921 0 0
G 30 Ed Staniowski 20 11 620 33 3.19 5 3 2 337 .902 0 0
G 1 Eddie Johnston 40 38 2152 130 3.62 11 17 9 1012 .872 1 1
G 30 Yves Belanger 23 31 1763 113 3.85 11 17 1 969 .883 2 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1975 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
2 27 G Ed Staniowski 219 Regina Pats (WCHL)
2 36 D Jamie Masters 33 Ottawa 67's (OHA) [pick acquired from PHI]
4 63 RW Rick Bourbonnais 71 Ottawa 67's (OHA)
5 81 C Jim Gustafson Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6 99 D Jack Brownschidle 494 Notre Dame (NCAA)
7 117 LW Doug Lindskog 2 University of Michigan (NCAA)
8 135 D Dick Lamby 22 Salem State College (NCAA)
9 151 G Dave McNab University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
Traded draft picks:
#1 to MTL (Robin Sadler)
#3 to DET (Blair Davidson)
#12 to TOR (Jim Montgomery)
#13 to NYR (Steve Roberts)
Transactions
06-18-1975 | traded John Davidson and Bill Collins to Rangers for Ted Irvine, Jerry Butler and Bert Wilson |
06-18-1975 | traded Craig Patrick, Denis Dupere and cash to Scouts for Lynn Powis and Kansas City's #2 pick in the 1976 draft |
07-03-1975 | purchased Gilles Gratton from Sabres |
09-1975 | signed Bernie MacNeil as a free agent |
09-21-1975 | traded Larry Sacharuk to Rangers for Bob MacMillan and future considerations |
10-22-1975 | purchased Rick Smith from Golden Seals |
10-30-1975 | traded Rangers' #1 pick in the 1977 draft to Rangers for Derek Sanderson |
11-24-1975 | traded Wayne Merrick to Golden Seals for Larry Patey and California's #3 pick in the 1977 draft |
11-28-1975 | Gilles Gratton retired |
03-06-1976 | traded Bert Wilson to Kings for the rights to Curt Brackenbury |
03-09-1976 | traded Rick Wilson (acq. 6/16/76) to Red Wings for Doug Grant |
03-09-1976 | traded California's #3 pick in the 1977 draft and St. Louis' #5 pick in the 1976 draft to Golden Seals for Dave Hrechkosy |
03-24-1976 | released Gilles Gratton |
09-09-1976 | signed Rod Seiling as a free agent |
10-1976 | claimed Gilles Marotte on waivers from Rangers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/06/1976 vs Buffalo Sabres W 5-2
04/08/1976 at Buffalo Sabres L 2-3 (OT)
04/09/1976 vs Buffalo Sabres L 1-2 (OT)
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
LW 25 Chuck Lefley 6'2 185 25 2 2 1 3 0 0 1
C 9 Red Berenson 6'0 185 36 3 1 2 3 0 0 0
C 7 Garry Unger 5'11 170 28 3 2 1 3 7 0 0
LW 27 Ted Irvine 6'2 195 31 3 0 2 2 2 0 0
C 6 Larry Patey 6'1 185 22 3 1 1 2 2 1 0
D 23 Bob Hess 5'11 180 20 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
LW 26 Dave Hrechkosy 6'2 195 18 3 1 0 1 2 0 0
RW 21 Bob MacMillan 5'11 185 23 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
C 19 Derek Sanderson 6'0 185 29 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
D 2 Rick Smith 5'11 190 27 3 0 1 1 4 0 0
D 24 Jamie Masters 6'1 190 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 8 Barclay Plager 5'11 175 34 1 0 0 0 13 0 0
D 22 Rick Wilson 6'1 195 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 4 Bruce Affleck 6'0 205 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 17 Jerry Butler 6'0 180 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 3 Bob Gassoff 5'10 195 22 3 0 0 0 6 0 0
RW 12 Claude Larose 6'0 180 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 5 Bob Plager 5'11 195 32 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
RW 16 Pierre Plante 6'1 190 24 3 0 0 0 6 0 0
G 30 Ed Staniowski 5'9 170 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 15 Mitch Babin 6'2 195 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 30 Yves Belanger 5'11 170 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 6 Rick Bourbonnais 6'0 186 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 10 Bruce Cowick 6'1 200 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 30 Gilles Gratton 5'11 160 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 1 Eddie Johnston 6'0 190 40 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 20 Wayne Merrick 6'1 195 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 26 Brian Ogilvie 5'11 186 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 18 Floyd Thomson 6'0 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 11 Bert Wilson 6'0 178 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Ed Staniowski 20 3 206 7 2.04 1 2 130 .946 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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